... Couldn't you tell by by YUM photo? ;-) ... Li. My ... That's okay, seeing as you're a furriner! :-) Actually, most Americans make the same mistake. They...
... I haven't noticed that, but then I haven't met anyone surnamed Leigh. Leighton, on another hand, is always /ej/ in my experience. ... -- Anton Sherwood,...
Thomas a screfas: <You know, Jan, you've given me an idea: what if, due to <Slavic/Hungarian influence, Burgenian (or, say, Middle Burgenian) was <the only...
Jan, Praat je Nederlands? What do you make of this: "Will these new dialects of English acquire their own novels, idioms, poetry, irony and other complex...
... Maar natuurlijk! ;) ... Well Clark, to be honest: not much. If I understand this text correctly, they are suggesting that native speakers of other...
... Actually, I once had a professor from the US whose name was Leigh Landy. As far as I can remember, Leigh (as a first name) was pronounced "lay" in his...
... Maar natuurlijk! ;) ... poetry, ... offering ... Well Clark, to be honest: not much. Well, you could replace each 'Dutch' and 'Netherlands' in Jan's reply...
Jan, Thank you very much! I was truly very interested when I saw this paragraph; I thought they were saying that a dialect of English was popping up in the...
Hello, ... Isn't there the regular Swedish word _skit_ as well? We had _skitbra_ somewhere, and then in a text we also found _Det jag drack igår smakade ...
... I think rather that the reference is to Dutch-speakers and others adopting English as a language of literature. This of course is nothing new, with...
... I'm told that the English of India has enough distinctive usages, standard *across* deep divisions in the local languages, to be called a dialect. I used...
... Yes, but that is pronounced [xi:jt_h]. Philip Jr for one does not use that as an exclamation, tho he often says "Dé luktar skit", meaning it literally...
I cannot remember which Scandinavian language it is, but "skitt" means "dirt." This is one of those many odd words floating around in my brain from various...
... Am I right in thinking that the Swedish usage/meaning of _skit_ is pretty similar to that in English, whereas in Norwegian _skitt_ is much less marked,...
... Swedish falls somewhere in between English and Norwegian. You can indeed say _skitig_ "dirty", but it's considered bad language. You can also say _skit_ ...
... Swedish falls somewhere in between English and Norwegian. You can indeed say _skitig_ "dirty", but it's considered bad language. You can also say _skit_ ...
Thank you very much, Dan, for taking the time to type out and post all that fascinating information! I know now that my idea is plausible. :) Your post also...
<Thank you very much, Dan, for taking the time to type out and post all <that fascinating information! I know now that my idea is plausible. :) It is, so go...
... I totally agree with you! :) ... I knew it was the daily spoken language, but I didn't know it was used in informal correspondence and the like. That's...
... They used to be, and [s`] (rather than [S]) still rules rather supreme from Gävle northwards (so that these dialects have merger between /rs/ and /S/),...
BPJ skrev: (isoglosses) ... Oops, yes of course. ... /rs/ and /S/), while Skåne is entirely [x]. In the rest of the country [x] is rapidly gaining ground, so...
... Yes it is. Tho we máy be talking of different things here: when I say [x_w] I include that once favored but now definitely receding [x_S_w] thingy they...
Bengt skrev: [me] ... Yes it is. Tho we máy be talking of different things here: when I say [x_w] I include that once favored but now definitely receding ...
I believe William Barnes beat you to it about 150 years ago. You might want to try tracking down a book entitled "The Rebirth of England and English: The...
I believe William Barnes beat you to it about 150 years ago. You might want to try tracking down a book entitled "The Rebirth of England and English: The...
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